Monday, 12 September 2016

Warm And Windy Scotland.

It has been a good week on the bike, Wednesday, reported as the
warmest day of the month so far, saw me round what is more or less my
home stomping ground, the Campsie area. Warm but cloudy, still great
cycling weather.

View from Clachan of Campsie tearoom. Ooops, forgot to place the bike.

Saturday it was up the Aberfoyle road and
pulling into Ward Toll tearoom, they always do a nice plate of soup.
From the windows you can look in one direction towards Aberfoyle, in
the other direction you see the hills behind which nestles the town
of Callander.

View from Ward Toll tearoom, Callander sits behind the hills in the distance.

Not so many years ago Callander was my favourite
Sunday run. Going out via Lennoxtown, the Crow Road, Fintry, Kippin,
Thornhill and on to Pipps Tearoom in Callander. Heading home by a
different route, over the Braes of Greenock, past the Lake of
Monteith, south down the Aberfoyle road past Ballott Toll, up the
Blane Valley, turn at the Kirkhouse Inn and head for Lennoxtown and
home to Springburn. Some of the most beautiful countryside in the
land.
Sunday it was up the Loch, (Loch Lomond). In a previous
post I stated that when up the Loch I always seem to stop at Tarbet
and take a photo, but promised I would perhaps stop at Inverbeg or
Luss, for that wee photo. Well I did, it was Inverbeg. The photo
doesn't do the view justice. It was very windy on Sunday, around
20mph. This was great on the way up the Loch, but I had to work hard
on the way back. Still a magic weekend.